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| The remote | The remote control | Wake the remote control by pressing one |
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| control or one | has gone to “sleep” | or more button(s) on the remote, such as |
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| or more buttons | to reduce battery | the SELECT button, while observing the |
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| on it seems to | drain. | mode lights for activity. |
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| have stopped |
| If your remote is still unresponsive, take |
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| working. |
| out the batteries and press any button for |
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| three seconds, then reinsert the batteries. |
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| When you press | • The remote may | • Press the correct mode button to set the |
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| remote buttons, | not be set to the | remote to the mode for the device you |
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| devices don’t | mode for the | want to control: your ViP922 receiver, |
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| do what you | device that you | your TV, your disc player, or your |
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| expect. | want to control. | auxiliary equipment. |
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| • The remote control | • The remote control uses IR signals to |
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| control devices except the ViP922 |
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| needs to be pointed |
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| receiver (which uses |
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| right at the TV (or |
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| signals travel less than 40 feet and |
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| auxiliary device). |
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| cannot go through walls or other solid |
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| objects. You must point the remote |
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| directly at the front of the equipment, |
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| with no objects to block the signal path. |
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| • The remote control | • If the batteries are missing, the wrong |
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| type/size or dead, then insert fresh |
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| may be missing the |
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| correct batteries, |
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| device mode buttons (except for DVD) |
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| the batteries may |
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| flash each time you press a button, then |
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| be inserted the |
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| the batteries are too drained and must |
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| wrong way in the |
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| be replaced. If the remote has fresh |
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| back of the remote, |
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| AAA batteries, check the diagram |
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| or the batteries |
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| inside the battery compartment to see |
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| may be too |
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| whether you put them in the right way. |
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| drained. |
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| If you did not, then |
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| • The remote isn’t | correctly. |
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| set up to control | • Make sure you set up the remote |
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| the device that you | to control all the devices you want |
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| want to control. | to use. See Setting Up for Other |
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| • No function is | Equipment on page 2. |
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| assigned to the | • In the future, you will be able to use |
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| button you pressed | your original equipment’s remotes to |
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| in the current | teach your ViP922 remote control the |
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| device mode. | button function(s) you need to control |
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| your devices. |
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| The ViP922 | Check the System Info screen to see |
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| DVR is doing | signals from a | which remote(s) is (are) linked to your |
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| things, even | nearby device or | ViP922 DVR. You can |
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| though you are | remote may be | unwanted remote controls from this |
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| not pressing | interfering with the | screen. SeeSee Avoiding RF Interference |
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| any remote | control of your | on page 9 for more instructions. |
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| control buttons. | ViP922 DVR. |
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| Your picture is | You may have | Make sure your TV (and VCR, if one is |
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| snowy (or blue | accidentally changed | connected) is tuned to the correct channel |
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| or black). | the channel or input | or set to view the correct line input (or |
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| source on your TV. | “source”) for your satellite programming. |
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